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Section 15—Diet and Health
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and eggs should not be classed with flesh-meats. In some ailments
the use of eggs is very beneficial.
Let the members of our churches deny every selfish appetite.
Every penny expended for tea, coffee, and flesh-meat is worse than
wasted, for these things hinder the best development of the physical,
mental, and spiritual powers.—
Letter 135, 1902
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Sanctification and Self-Mastery
God’s people are to learn the meaning of temperance in all
things. They are to practice temperance in eating and drinking and
dressing. All self-indulgence is to be cut away from their lives.
Before they can really understand the meaning of true sanctification
and of conformity to the will of Christ, they must, by cooperating
with God, obtain the mastery over wrong habits and practices.—
Manuscript 16, 1902.
Show the Value of Health Reform
Keep the work of health reform to the front, is the message I
am given to bear. Show so plainly the value of health reform that a
widespread need for it will be felt. But never advocate a starvation
diet. It is possible to have a wholesome, nutritious diet without using
flesh-meat.—
Letter 49, 1902
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To the Glory of God
By the inspiration of the Spirit of God, Paul the apostle writes
that “whatsoever ye do,” even the natural act of eating or drinking,
should be done, not to gratify a perverted appetite, but under a sense
of responsibility; “do all to the glory of God.” Every part of the man
is to be guarded; we are to beware lest that which is taken into the
stomach shall banish from the mind high and holy thoughts.
Individual Rights
“May I not do as I please with myself?” ask some, as if we were
seeking to deprive them of a great good when we present before them
the necessity of eating intelligently and conforming all their habits